{"id":499758,"date":"2026-01-07T20:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499758\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:59:20","slug":"book-talk-with-stacy-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499758\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Talk with Stacy Horn&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a class=\"post-tag mr-sm tag-insiders-events\" href=\"https:\/\/www.untappedcities.com\/tag\/insiders-events\/\" aria-label=\"Insiders Events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insiders Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-hero__excerpt text-acc\">East New York, once a thriving working-class neighborhood on its way up, has the highest number of unsolved murders in New York City.\u00a0Why?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-info__avatars\">\n<li class=\"author-avatar has-image\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untappedcities.com\/author\/untappedny\/\" title=\"Untapped New York\" aria-label=\"Untapped New York\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\"  data-  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b0000b0ea45c4d53eb9ed0b25c58d3b2.png\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b0000b0ea45c4d53eb9ed0b25c58d3b2.png\" alt=\"Untapped New York\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untappedcities.com\/author\/untappedny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untapped New York<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Jan 7, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload post-hero__img\"  data-  src=\"https:\/\/www.untappedcities.com\/content\/images\/size\/w100\/2026\/01\/killing-fields-east-new-york-untapped-new-york.png\" bad-src=\"\/content\/images\/size\/w30\/2026\/01\/killing-fields-east-new-york-untapped-new-york.png\" alt=\"The Killing Fields of East New York: Book Talk with Stacy Horn&quot;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Talk Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>Photos Courtesy of Stacy Horn<\/p>\n<p>About this Virtual Talk:<\/p>\n<p>Chosen as an NPR 2025 &#8220;Books We Love,&#8221; Horn\u2019s new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/113504\/9781638931225?ref=untappedcities.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Killing Fields of East New York<\/a> sheds light on how the subprime mortgage scandal of the 1970s and a long history of white-collar crime slowly devastated neighborhoods of color across the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The book has two threads, one tracks the destruction of East New York and the rise in homicides and other crimes, and the other tracks the financial crimes, including the investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators. Horn\u2019s book illustrates our country\u2019s history of criminalizing the poor and absolving the wealthy.\u00a0While both street and white-collar crime rose, laws were quickly enacted in response to street crime, but little was done to check financial criminals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praise for the book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorn unspools a fast-paced and at times crackling yarn about the Brooklyn prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who pursued predatory lenders and brokers \u2026 a compelling reminder of the catastrophic consequences of white-collar crime.\u201d \u2014New York Times<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorn connects the dots as diligently as any detective between 1960s-era housing legislation, corruption in the mortgage and banking industries, and an explosion in violent street crime in Brooklyn\u2019s East New York neighborhood \u2026\u201d \u2014 The Progressive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a badly needed look at a societal problem that goes largely unaddressed while politicians outdo each other with tough-on-crime rhetoric.\u201d \u2014Kirkus, Starred review<\/p>\n<p>About Stacy Horn:<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Horn\u00a0is the author of seven non-fiction books, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/113504\/9781616209353?ref=untappedcities.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad &amp; Criminal in 19th Century New York<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/113504\/9781440649240?ref=untappedcities.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City\u2019s Cold Case Squad<\/a>.\u00a0Damnation Island, described on\u00a0The Bowery Boys\u00a0podcast as \u201cyour page-turning horror read for the summer,\u201d turned out to be excellent preparation for the horror read she was to write next,\u00a0The Killing Fields of East New York:\u00a0The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>                <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">How do I sign up for this event?\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Click on the pink \u201cBook Here\u201d button to book this event for free!<\/p>\n<p>                <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">I registered already, how do I join the event?<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>After signing up for the event, you will receive an email with a link from Zoom. Simply click on this link to join the event! Please check your junk mail if you can\u2019t find your Zoom link.<\/p>\n<p>                <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">I missed the event, can I watch the replay?<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you can! All registrants will receive an email with a link to watch the recording within 2 days of it airing live. 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